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Monday, February 28, 2000
THE BATTALION
Page 5
Week highlights student
sexual responsibility
BY KENNETH MACDONALD
The Battalion
One in live people in the U.S. has a sexually transmitted
disease (STD).
Two-thirds of all STDs occur in people 25 years of age of
younger.
In Texas alone, more than one million new cases of STDs will
be reported this year, costing the state more than $600 million.
Feb. 28- March 3 is Sexual Responsibility week at Texas A&M.
Margaret Griffith, coordinator of health education at Stu
dent Health Services, said that each day of this week will fea
ture a different activity to educate the student body on the po
tential pitfalls of sexual activity.
“We are try ing to get people thinking about sex and to make
responsible and good decisions,’’ she said.
Monday will feature a mini-health fair in the main hall of
the Memorial Student Center where a dozen agencies, such as
Aggie R.E.A.C.H., A.I.D.S. Serv ices and Planned Parenthood
will be handing out information, among other things.
"We will be handing out free condoms, information and
candy peppermints we call ‘abstimints,’ ” Griffith said. “We
will also have games for the students to participate in like
'Wheel of Misfortune.”’
Tuesday, there will be two seminars about date-rape preven
tion — one for women at 7 p.m., and one for men at 8:30 p.m.
Griffith said it is impossible to tell how many date rapes oc
cur at A&M each year because many go unreported. Part of the
problem is that many people feel they would not be believed
if they went to authorities.
“We will be try ing to define it to both sides and how to pre
vent it,” she said. “Date rape many times is due to a lack of
communications.”
For the third year in a row, I lealth Services will be spon
soring Luv Lines, a spin-off of MTV’s popular show, “Love
Lines,” Wednesday from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. in the MSC Fla-
groom. A panel of sex education experts and student leaders
will answer questions about sex and relationships.
“Buzz Pruitt (who teaches human sexuality) and I will an
swer questions — specifically I LI.V. and sex health,” Griffith
said. “We will also have guests including Will Hurd, student
body president. Senior Yell Leader Dusty Batsel and founder
ofC.A.R.P.O.O.L, Jeff Schiefelbein.”
Sexual Responsibility Week will wrap up Thursday with a
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Feb 28 - Mar 3
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TUESDAY
Date Rape
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RUDDER 601 -WOMEN ONLY- 7P.M.
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R U D D E
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ROBERT HYNECEK/Thf. Battalion
presentation about sexually transmitted infections (STIs) at 4
p.m. in 510 Rudder.
Griffith said while the exact number of A&M students with
STIs is difficult to determine, treating people for STIs on cam
pus is a “daily occurrence.”
“People are under the misconception that they can tell a
healthy person by looking at them,” she said. “We are trying
to educate people as to what is out there, how to avoid it and
where to seek treatment. We also tell people that at least absti
nence is 100 percent worry-free.”
News in Brief
Fairakhan moves
/or reconciliation
with orthodox Muslim
CHICAGO (AP) — Nation of Islam
leader Louis Farrakhan on Sunday
reaffirmed his pledge to reconcile his
breakaway movement with orthodox
U.S. Muslims, a move aimed at heal
ing one of America’s most con
tentious religious rivalries.
Farrakhan used the occasion of the
Nation’s most important annual gath
ering, Saviours’ Day, to embrace W.
Deen Mohammed, the leader of the or
thodox Muslim American Society and
the son of the late Elijah Muhammad.
“He and I will be together,” Farrakhan
said of Mohammed. “Notforevil butfor
love — not for hatred, but in good.”
Before Sunday’s rally, W. Deen Mo
hammed had made clear what ortho
dox Muslims nationwide expected: a
different Farrakhan. And Farrakhan
spoke directly to the expectation.
“Has Farrakhan abandoned us?
Has Farrakhan changed?” he asked
the audience of more than 20,000 —
among them former Washington may
or Marion Barry and Benjamin
Muhammad, formerly known as Ben
jamin Chavis, once head of the NAACP
and now a Nation of Islam official.
“Yeah, I have,” Farrakhan said.
“Everybody should be changing ...
but I haven’t abandoned you.”
The speech was regarded as
one that could make or break Far-
rakhan’s fledgling vow to reconcile
with other orthodox Muslims.
Farrakhan had joined with Mo
hammed at traditional prayers on
Friday — the 25th anniversary of
the death of Elijah, whose legacy
Farrakhan and Mohammed have
struggled over.
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